#BB9AE3#BB9AE3

#BB9AE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.109 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9AE3
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 227)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 32.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 26.31, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 41.74, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0616 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.109 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9115, 39.2222, 77.8101)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9AE3 #C2E39A

analogous

#9A9EE3 #BB9AE3 #DF9AE3

triadic

#BB9AE3 #E3BB9A #9AE3BB

tetradic

#BB9AE3 #E39A9E #C2E39A #9AE3DF

square

#BB9AE3 #E39A9E #C2E39A #9AE3DF

split-complementary

#BB9AE3 #E3DF9A #9EE39A

monochromatic

#7A3AC8 #9B6AD6 #BB9AE3 #DBCAF0 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BB9AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BB9AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9AE3

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9AE3	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.109 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8ec',
    500: '#bb9ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9ae3;
$custom-light: #d0b8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.123,
    "s": 56.589,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74235,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9AE3

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C4217B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9AE3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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